Good movie, but there is not much history here. The movie is just set
during the time of the French Revolution and afterwards.

Andre Moreau (Stewart Granger) is quite the charming lady's man. He is
always flirting with beautiful women, but never settles down. One of his
girlfriends, the fiery red-head Lenore (Eleanor Parker), is an actress in a
traveling troupe. Moreau travels to Paris to prevent her from marrying the
wealthy, older sausage king of Paris. But once he suceeds, Andre runs off to come to the
aid of his best friend Philippe de Valmorin who is being hunted by the king's
men. His crime is one of treason for having written a pamphlet in support
of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Andre is able to help Philippe escape.

The orphaned Andre learns that his father was the Count de Gavrillac.
Philippe and Andre meet later and travel to Gavrillac. On the way, Andre
falls in love with a woman stranded by a broken carriage. And the woman is
very taken with Andre. But then Andre learns that his new love is actually
his sister, Aline de Gavrillac. (He does not tell her of his true
identity.) When they reach the Manor of Gavrillac, they discover that
their father has died.

Philippe is arrested by the king's men. With the soldiers is the master
swordsman Marquis de Maynes, who hates Philippe because he is the pamphleteer
Marcus Brutus. He challenges the author to a duel and easily kills him.
Andre vows that he will kill de Maynes as Andre escapes from the soldiers.

He stops to see Aline and is disappointed to learn that her guardian, appointed by the Queen
herself, is de Maynes. To escape the soldiers, Andre hides with the
traveling troupe of actors, taking the role of Scaramouche who always wears a
mask on stage. He makes up with Lenore who is still mad at him, but also
still loves him.

To keep his vow to avenge Philippe, Andre starts to train to be a master
swordsman. While training in fencing, Andre learns that Aline is set to
marry de Maynes.

Late in the movie Andre learns that Aline is not his sister.

How is Scaramouche (Andre) going to stop Aline from marrying de Maynes?
And even if he succeeds, how will he succeed against the remarkable swordsman de
Maynes? And what of Lenore? Will he love Lenore or Aline? or
both?